Laura Schmitz-Justen

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Monday, July 21, 4:00-5:00 pm
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SEMESTER BREAK OFFICE HOURS:
Monday, July 21, 4:00-5:00 pm
Monday, August 4, 4:00-5:00 pm
Monday, August 10, 4:00-5:00 pm
Please register via Learnweb.
In principle, I am happy to act as an advisor for BA or MA/MEd theses. Before reaching out, please…
…make sure that your proposed topic falls within the realm of British Studies and corresponds to my research interests;
…write a proposal of ca. 300 words explaining what you would like to work on. Please include your selected literary texts, relevant theory, a preliminary research question, and evidence of initial research (i.e. a short list of relevant secondary literature and theory).
… refrain from sending proposals that are under consideration with other instructors. Please state in your e-mail that your proposal is not currently in circulation elsewhere.
This is to provide a basis for us to find out whether I would be a helpful advisor and a starting point for your development of your thesis.
If you would like me to write a reference for you, please…
… make sure that you were in one of my classes and participated actively. This is a condition for me to be able to write a useful reference. If that is the case, I am happy to write a reference.
… send me the following things in a single e-mail: the advertisement/brochure for the job or program for which you are applying, your CV, your letter of motivation, an up-to-date transcript of records as well as the deadline and address to which I need to send your reference.
… leave a time allowance of at least three weeks for me to complete your reference. I am diligent when it comes to meeting these deadlines, but I do need some time. If you are nervous, it is okay to follow up and ask whether I have sent off your reference.
18th-, 20th, and 21st-Century British Literature
2024– : Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Associate to the Chair of British Studies, English Department, University of Münster
April 2024–Sep 2024: Visiting Scholar, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin
Oct 2023–Jan 2024: Research associate to the Chair of British Studies, English Department, University of Münster
2020–2023: Research associate at the CRC 1385, University of Münster
2022: Visiting Researcher, Faculty of English, University of Oxford
2020–2024: PhD in English Literary and Cultural Studies (defended January 2024)
2017–2019: Master of Arts in in British, American and Postcolonial Studies, University of Münster (supported through a ProTalent scholarship)
2018: Visiting Student, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford (funded by a PROMOS Partial Stipend of the DAAD)
2014–2017: Bachelor’s Degree Programme in English/American Studies and Communicational Sciences, Dual-Subject Bachelor, University of Münster
2012–2014: Bachelor's Degree Programme in English/American Studies and Biology, Teacher Training Programme, University of Münster
Oct 2025– : full member of the philology department’s study advisory board
Apr 2025– : alternate member of the university senate’s commission for diversity
Apr 2025– : alternate member of the university’s central quality improvement commission (QVK)
Oct 2024– : alternate member of the philology department’s council
Oct 2023–Sept 2025: alternate member of the philology department’s study advisory board
2020–2022: PhD student representative, CRC 1385 “Law and Literature,” University of Münster
– Schmitz-Justen, Laura, Laura A. Zander, Hanna Luise Kroll and Laura Wittmann (eds.). Feminist Perspectives on Law and Literature. De Gruyter 2025.
– Schmitz-Justen, Laura. “‘And Then I Told You I Fell in Love with a Tree’: Queer Ecologies in Ali Smith’s Short Stories.” Journal of Lesbian Studies, vol. 29, no. 2 (2024), pp. 186–204.
– Schmitz-Justen, Laura. “‘Art is Seeing Things’: Ekphrastic Dimensions in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet.” English Studies, vol. 103, no. 3 (2022): pp. 317–337.
– Schmitz-Justen, Laura, Laura A. Zander, Hanna Luise Kroll and Laura Wittmann.“Introduction,” Feminist Perspectives on Law and Literature. Ed. Laura Schmitz-Justen, Laura A. Zander, Hanna Luise Kroll and Laura Wittmann. De Gruyter 2025.
– Reinker, Frank, and Laura Schmitz-Justen. “Die Anfänge (1956–1977): Münster hat nun auch ein Zimmertheater.” In Meinhard Zanger and Tanja Weidner (Ed.), Alles verspielt. Das Wolfgang Borchert Theater. Coppenrath, 2018, pp. 9–27.
– Schmitz-Justen, Laura. “Review: Erzählen und Recht. Narrative and Law. Edited by Monika Fludernik and Frank Schäfer. Nomos, 2022.” Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch, vol. 65 (2024): pp. 368-372.
Schmitz-Justen, Laura. “Invested in the Past: Distilled Ideality, Trans Archives and the Pressures of the Book Market in Jordy Rosenberg's Confessions of the Fox (2018).” International Symposium: Neo-Historical Fiction at 2025 – Prized Temporalities and Contested Progress, Free University of Berlin, 03.06.2025.